On the 04/06/19 Launceston College year 7 students went to Bude to learn about marine and coastal pollution. After driving in coaches from Launceston we met Avril from The Cleaner Seas Project at Crooklets Beach. Here, we learnt about the sources of different marine pollution and the different types of plastic pollution which ends up […]
Malaria has killed more people than all wars, throughout human history, combined. It still kills over 250,000 children under five each year in Africa alone. We recently challenged the students to raise money to buy mosquito nets for students at our partner school Bunjakko Island Vocational School in Uganda. This was a House challenge, and […]
A huge thank you to Lynne and Brenda for coming into College to share their experiences. Students’ enjoyed asked questions and hearing about how to become a magistrate and the importance of citizens being involved in the judicial process.
We are delighted to offer the opportunity for students to travel to Uganda for 14 days in July 2020 to visit our partner school, Bunjakko Island Vocational School. This school is one of the Molly Paul Foundation schools; we have been collaborating with this charity for over 15 years and this will be our third […]
Stanley Keighley and Toby Preston write about their recent battlefields trip; On this year’s Battlefields Trip we took in some of the most breath-taking and emotional scenes. Being in France and Belgium, you really got a sense of what life was like for World War One soldiers. You learn about the World Wars in your […]
On Thursday the 31st of January, I spent a morning with our local police team (before the snow arrived and the college had to close!). I joined PC Steve Stoppard at Launceston Collage to work with a group of students from Year 9 on a project in their citizenship lesson, focusing on County Lines. County […]
On Friday the science and geography department welcomed Dr Hazel Beaumont to lead sessions for A level geology and geography students. Dr Beaumont is a lecturer at the University of West of England, Bristol, specialising in sedimentary geology. The geology session focussed on sedimentary geology particularly on fluvial, desert and marine environments. Students had the […]
Over the past few weeks our Year 8 Citizenship students have been busy becoming active citizens, making a difference to plastic packaging in our supermarkets. Having researched into the issue of plastic pollution they have realised the relevance of the problem to their lives in Cornwall. Students have been inspired to take action. The individuals […]
In light of the centenary of World War One, Kevin Eady, a member of the Tavistock Peace Action Group, was invited into the College to talk to Year 9 students about World War One. His lecture was titled: World War One, Myth and Reality. As a self-confessed anarchist, Kevin gave an interesting interpretation of the […]
Twenty-three students and three staff visited Iceland in October 2018. It was primarily a science and geography field trip, but there was a chance to learn about culture, folk-lore, cuisine and so much more. On our first day we visited some natural and man-made sites on the Reykjanes peninsula, whilst acclimatising to the low temperatures […]
24 Jun 2019
On Friday 21 June Launceston College Sixth Form welcomed students, staff, family and friends to the 2019 Sixth Form Read more →
24 Jun 2019
The weather is looking warm and dry for Wednesday so please remember to bring sun cream, water and sun Read more →
24 Jun 2019
On 18th July, a group of A level drama students were delighted to be invited to Falmouth University, to Read more →
